Train the trainer - Seminar for PhD supervisors and PhD coordinators

Joint seminar by Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and University of Trento
15 gennaio 2015
January 15th, 2015

Seminar location: Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, piazza Università 1, Bolzano - Lecture hall D101

Time: January 15th, 2015 - 9 a.m. –  4 p.m.

Organisation: Prof. Stefan Zerbe & Prof. Gabriella Dodero and UNIBZ team

Audience: all interested colleagues from academia (also PhD Students) and administration

Background: The supervision of PhD students at Italian Universities is within the frame of 3-years PhD programs (cycles). The supervision has to follow international scientific quality standards. Within the 3-years program, the PhD student and the supervisor(s) have to cooperate in a team in order to achieve the didactic and, in particular the scientific objectives. The seminar will provide PhD supervisors and program coordinators with information on PhD programs in Italy in general and, in particular, several aspects, which support the PhD supervisors in their cooperation with PhD students and with regard to achieving a high scientific quality. The seminar will provide contributions by invited speakers.

Programme: 

9:00 Welcome by Prof. Zerbe/Prof. Dodero (UNIBZ) & Prof. Quattrone/Prof. Zaninotto (UniTrento)
9:15 Dr. Laura Martuscelli (UniTrento): A Quick Survey of PhD in Italy and best international practices
9:45 Prof. Pekka Abrahamsson (UNIBZ): Interdisciplinary PhD research – experiences, perspectives, and challenges
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Prof. Sergio Benedetto (ANVUR, Rome): Accreditation and evaluation of PhD programs in Italy
12.30 Discussion
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Prof. Luigi Mittone (Director of the School of Social Sciences, UniTrento): Role and working of Alumni associations
14:45 Dr. Paolo Guarda, Faculty of Law (UniTrento): "Copyright and plagiarism"
15:30 Dr. Ilaria Miceli (UNIBZ): How to avoid scientific malpractice and plagiarism (software Turnitin)
16:15  End of the seminar

Please enrol per e-mail tuition [at] unibz.it
Address all your requests to: tuition [at] unibz.it